I'm fine Pat, well; still not 100% but in terms of the latest thing, I'm fine. No idea what caused my stomach to decide it wasn't having poached egg on toast but it's loss.
Worse still I was thinking lamb curry tonight but now have to think of something that doesn't have quite so much of a bite to it. I was really looking forward to it!
I've been out with the hound on our stroll and have collected a few leafs to try and use them as inspiration for an autumn type crafting project. I'd forgotten how slow hand stitching is!
We have rain! Ding dong! Up early to go to a garden 90 minutes away for 10 am start and both dogs got soaked when OH took them out in the dark. Can't remember the last time they needed a rub down after walkies but it was almost daily in Belgium and often preceded by a hose down.
Huge garden today and yet more plant collecting rather than plant care I feel. The owner is now widowed and her father had the house and land and retreated there for the war to escape the horrors of occupied Paris. He started planting trees in a sort of park near the house. Her OH retired at 55 and they spent 25 years together planting 600+ trees and converting a walled garden to a series of 6 different areas - 4 all with the same layout but different plants and colour schemes. She's been on her own for 3 years but has help with hedges and big jobs and spends 4 hours a day on her mower in spring.
Decided not to do the arboretum visit in the pm so came home and had our picnic lunch here with a glass of fizz to celebrate our arrival here a year ago. Dry when we got home but soft, light rain falling again now. Fingers crossed it lasts a few hours please.
The only thing I've done with fallen leaves is decorate tables for an autumn dinner dance and fill bags in the hope of making leaf mold. The donkey stall in the ruin is full of bags from last year.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
J ...sorry ....what is the significance of 27? I know I'm off base here .....I even had a "home alone" omelette .....with lots of fried onions in butter
Was having brekkies this morning when son 2 rang to remind me I had promised to babysit today. I'd completely forgotten! Thank God he rang. I mentioned it earlier just before dashing out. They were going out to a posh lunch given by a couple of gay French men who own a chateau who didn't want the children to come, so they only took the baby. Have been cooking, stuffed sweet peppers, since I got home.
Dacha, 27 is the age that most retired ladies are on here. We aren't getting older any more. We thought it sounded a nice age.
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Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Dacha - many of us have reached a certain age at which point we stay 27 forever.
I shall be home alone - with dogs and cats - from Tuesday as OH is off to see old friends from his Belgian club for 3 days of golf near Bordeaux. Tonight we're having Barnsley chops with garlicky roast sweet potatoes, or maybe mash, and Savoy cabbage from the garden. The sweet potatoes are French grown so I must find out how t grow my own.
Joyce - it has flown by. Frightening sometimes. No idea where the time goes.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Very blustery.....hibernating weather today.
I'm fine Pat, well; still not 100% but in terms of the latest thing, I'm fine. No idea what caused my stomach to decide it wasn't having poached egg on toast but it's loss.
Worse still I was thinking lamb curry tonight but now have to think of something that doesn't have quite so much of a bite to it. I was really looking forward to it!
I've been out with the hound on our stroll and have collected a few leafs to try and use them as inspiration for an autumn type crafting project. I'd forgotten how slow hand stitching is!
Clari, I once made my daughter a Hallow'een costume from fallen leaves sewn on to an underskirt. A mammoth task.
We have rain! Ding dong! Up early to go to a garden 90 minutes away for 10 am start and both dogs got soaked when OH took them out in the dark. Can't remember the last time they needed a rub down after walkies but it was almost daily in Belgium and often preceded by a hose down.
Huge garden today and yet more plant collecting rather than plant care I feel. The owner is now widowed and her father had the house and land and retreated there for the war to escape the horrors of occupied Paris. He started planting trees in a sort of park near the house. Her OH retired at 55 and they spent 25 years together planting 600+ trees and converting a walled garden to a series of 6 different areas - 4 all with the same layout but different plants and colour schemes. She's been on her own for 3 years but has help with hedges and big jobs and spends 4 hours a day on her mower in spring.
Decided not to do the arboretum visit in the pm so came home and had our picnic lunch here with a glass of fizz to celebrate our arrival here a year ago. Dry when we got home but soft, light rain falling again now. Fingers crossed it lasts a few hours please.
The only thing I've done with fallen leaves is decorate tables for an autumn dinner dance and fill bags in the hope of making leaf mold. The donkey stall in the ruin is full of bags from last year.
Hard to believe that a year has passed Obelixx. It doesn't seem that long since you were packing up your treasures from your Belgian garden.
They do say that time seems to pass quicker once you are 27........
J ...sorry ....what is the significance of 27? I know I'm off base here .....I even had a "home alone" omelette .....with lots of fried onions in butter
Do like Autumn and Winter , particularly the real fires ?
Been to allotment today , not to bad a day but nights drawing in Autumn ? well and truly arrived
Was having brekkies this morning when son 2 rang to remind me I had promised to babysit today. I'd completely forgotten! Thank God he rang. I mentioned it earlier just before dashing out. They were going out to a posh lunch given by a couple of gay French men who own a chateau who didn't want the children to come, so they only took the baby. Have been cooking, stuffed sweet peppers, since I got home.
Dacha, 27 is the age that most retired ladies are on here. We aren't getting older any more.
We thought it sounded a nice age.
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Dacha - many of us have reached a certain age at which point we stay 27 forever.
I shall be home alone - with dogs and cats - from Tuesday as OH is off to see old friends from his Belgian club for 3 days of golf near Bordeaux. Tonight we're having Barnsley chops with garlicky roast sweet potatoes, or maybe mash, and Savoy cabbage from the garden. The sweet potatoes are French grown so I must find out how t grow my own.
Joyce - it has flown by. Frightening sometimes. No idea where the time goes.
My leafs are bring used as templates to make felt ones to fill a plant pot in the lounge. Something dog safe but adds a bit of seasonal colour.
Unfortunately I'm not allowed plants on the windowsill in this room so a bit of creative efforts are needed.